Ricketts, who is fluent in German, moved to Vienna, Austria in the late 2000s. He worked as acting instructor in Berlin, Germany and Innsbruck, Vienna. He also appeared in a number of German and Austrian productions including the short comedy Earthmoving (2012), the drama The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich (2012), the short comedy Meine Linke Hand (2013), the television comedy Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014), the war drama Thank You for Bombing (2015), the television drama Kleine Grosse Stimme (2015), and the comedy WiNWiN (2016). [1]

Between 2011 and 2012, Ricketts played Captain Ulysses Van Hundsbak in the Austrian comedy improv show Monochrom's ISS. More recent projects include the thriller City of Spies (2016), the action sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017, with Bruce Greenwood), the drama Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018, with Max Grodénchik), and the short drama Short Shakespeare: Trust (2018).